Submitting here for consolidation, all ttrpg and publishing resources of the Zine Creators discord.
General Guides
- Zero-Budget Game Marketing: https://svperstring.itch.io/game-marketing-manual
- Design Tools https://twitter.com/XdanielArt/status/1434611199140896772
- DiceGeeks RPG Self-Publishing: https://www.dicegeeks.com/tabletop-rpg-self-publishing/
Kickstarter
- Kickstarter caimpaign guide by Riley Rethal: https://metagame.itch.io/punchgo
- Zeshio's "How I Ran My Kickstarter Project" https://www.zeshio.com/blog/2020/8/6/zinequest-2-lessons-learned-about-kickstart...
- Kickstarter Creator tools: https://creators.kickstarter.com/
- TTRPG Budgeting Tool by Ash Kreider: https://wundergeek.itch.io/ttrpg-kickstarter-budgeting-tool-by-anna-kreider
- Morrus' "Promote Your RPG Kickstarter" https://www.enworld.org/threads/how-to-promote-your-rpg-kickstarter.673251/
- LunarShadow Designs on KS: https://lunarshadowrpg.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/project-cassandra-kickstarter-th...
- Ian Yusem on KS: https://uncannyspheres.blogspot.com/2021/01/kickstarter-campaign-blueprint.html
- Ian Yusem ZineQuest 3 Post-mortem: https://uncannyspheres.blogspot.com/2021/03/zine-quest-3-post-mortem-drain.html
- Ian Yusem on Kickstarter Pledge Management: https://uncannyspheres.blogspot.com/2021/07/kickstarter-fulfillment-blueprint-1....
- Ian Yusem on Kickstarter Shipping costs: https://uncannyspheres.blogspot.com/2021/08/kickstarter-fulfillment-blueprint-2....
- Sandy Pug Games tips: https://sandypuggames.medium.com/5-things-everyone-does-on-kickstarter-that-your...
- Sandy Pug Games faq: https://sandypuggames.medium.com/7-questions-i-get-asked-about-kickstarter-40de6...
Zine Tutorials
- r/RPGZines resources: https://www.reddit.com/r/RPGZines/comments/kcwu1x/lets_collect_zine_resources_an...
- Folded zine video
- Zine binding tutorial
Printing
- Printing Guide: https://maziriansgarden.blogspot.com/2020/01/so-you-want-to-make-zine-printing.h...
- https://mixam.com/zines
- https://www.solopress.com/
- https://printninja.com/printing-products/custom-zine-printing/
- https://www.printivity.com/landing/catalogs?r=mgxcopy
- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/join.php
- https://makerpgs.com/
Shipping
Print Mock-ups
- https://graphicburger.com/a5-magazine-mockup/
- https://freedesignresources.net/free-square-magazine-mockup/
- https://mockups-design.com/free-square-brochure-mockup/
- https://www.photopea.com/
Shipping resources by Eli
- Pirateship export rate: https://www.pirateship.com/usps/simple-export-rate
- Draft letter to send to Retailers below https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-gie6PBY-ZD9RV94mZsr0A46O4O0HAek78G3IFoIL0s/...
Zine Retailers (stock copies of physical zines)